I would like to sing someone to sleep, <br />have someone to sit by and be with. <br />I would like to cradle you and softly sing, <br />be your companion while you sleep or wake. <br />I would like to be the only person <br />in the house who knew: the night outside was cold. <br />And would like to listen to you <br />and outside to the world and to the woods. <br /> <br />The clocks are striking, calling to each other, <br />and one can see right to the edge of time. <br />Outside the house a strange man is afoot <br />and a strange dog barks, wakened from his sleep. <br />Beyond that there is silence. <br /> <br />My eyes rest upon your face wide-open; <br />and they hold you gently, letting you go <br />when something in the dark begins to move.<br /><br />Rainer Maria Rilke<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/to-say-before-going-to-sleep/
